UTHSC SACSCOC Accreditation Status

Since 1897, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has been continuously accredited
by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)
to award baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degrees. As a matter or record, the
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and the University of Tennessee, Memphis (as the
University of Tennessee Health Science Center was previously named), merged in 2000
for the purposes of accreditation. Prior to this date, the University of Tennessee,
Memphis (i.e., the University of Tennessee Health Science Center) was accredited by
SACSCOC from 1972 to 2000. In June, 2015, The SACSCOC Board of Trustees awarded separate
accreditation to UTHSC (retroactive to January, 2015). The institution will be required
to complete a Compliance Certification and Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) for reaffirmation
in 2020.

For information regarding the accreditation status of the institution, to ask questions
regarding the regional accreditation process, or to pursue procedures for filing a
complaint against the institution, contact the Commission at the following: